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ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2021

Standardization of an experimental model of intradural injection after spinal cord injury in rats.

Olavo B Letaif, Mauro C M Tavares-Júnior, Gustavo B Dos Santos, Ricardo J R Ferreira, Raphael M Marcon, Alexandre F Cristante, Tarcísio E P de Barros-Filho

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Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. [Water tank scale: a reliable method for assessing motor function after spinal cord injury in rats].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2023
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Olavo B LetaifDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-2614-1771
Mauro C M Tavares-JúniorDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-4892-1744
Gustavo B Dos SantosDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-4774-8935
Ricardo J R FerreiraDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0003-1415-6324
Raphael M MarconDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0001-5958-5646
Alexandre F CristanteDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-7797-5274
Tarcísio E P de Barros-FilhoDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-7969-7845

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe intrathecal route has not yet been thoroughly standardized and evaluated in an experimental model of spinal cord injury (SCI) in Wistar rats. The objective of this study was to standardize and evaluate the effect of intradural injection in this animal model.

methodThe animals were divided into 6 groups: 1) laminectomy and intradural catheter; 2) laminectomy, intradural catheter and infusion; 3) only SCI; 4) SCI and intradural catheter; 5) SCI, intradural catheter and infusion; and 6) control (laminectomy only). Motor evaluations were performed using the Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan (BBB) scale and the horizontal ladder test; motor evoked potentials were measured for functional evaluation, and histological evaluation was performed as well. All experimental data underwent statistical analysis.

resultsRegarding motor evoked potentials, the groups with experimental SCI had worse results than those without, but neither dural puncture nor the injection of intrathecal solution aggravated the effects of isolated SCI. Regarding histology, adverse tissue effects were observed in animals with SCI. On average, the BBB scores had the same statistical behaviour as the horizontal ladder results, and at every evaluated timepoint, the groups without SCI presented scored significantly better than those with SCI (p<0.05). The difference in performance on motor tests between rats with and without experimental SCI persisted from the first to the last test.

conclusionsThe present work standardizes the model of intradural injection in experimental SCI in rats. Intrathecal puncture and injection did not independently cause significant functional or histological changes.

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Spinal Cord InjuriesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEvoked Potentials, MotorRatsRats, WistarRecovery of FunctionReference StandardsSpinal Cord

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PMID33787659
PMCPMC7978664

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